Just downed him after ~60 tries over the last 2 weeks..
Really cool encounter and after some years of WoW there´s again a feeling to have accomplished something big..
Hands shaking, heart beating, staring at the monitor in disbelief after finally defeating him..
I´d love to fight him again..
To the people saying its a gearcheck: Killed him after the 2nd Doom Lord, went to Oondasta afterwards and realized i´d been wearing my good old "Blessed Medaillion of Karabor" - i used to teleport to BT - the whole 20 tries this evening..
So it´s been an Ilvl of 479 instead of 504 when i got his sorry ass..
So stupid, but it´s even better.. :P
So, this fight is all about execution of the right strategy and staying focussed..

I don't know if my # of wipes approached 100 but it was quite a lot, mostly because i refused to read any sort of guide or the like, as i thought it a rare oppertunity to try and figure out my own strategy for such an encounter.
How many of you relied on guides or videos and how many actually went in blind and stuck with it?
In the end i did start reading threads about the boss and took away 2 things to add to my own strategy that made the fight very doable.

I love/hate him. I love the fact that something in game now is as hard as it used to be back in Vanilla. Hate the guy because i'm still having difficulty beating him, stuck on the second fel hunter phase. I don't mind fighting him though, just so aggravating is all.

I dunno about "love" but if they did a Ebonlocke-style quest line for every class in the game, I would do every single one.

This is something I really hope they do. Every class in the game deserves something like this. If people do it at the appropriate gear levels, I have no doubt it's going to improve the average skill level.

Originally Posted by Erin

I only saw a few minutes of it but it looked slicker than a lubed up olympic swimmer fleeing from a shark.

I really enjoyed the fight, during and after alike, because it forced me into learning everything to the point of perfection, and where every little thing matters. When I got him to low percentage after 2 -3 hours of trying, I switched to Demonology just so I can push myself to the limit of learning the spec properly.

I killed it as demo, and I knew I could have done it as Destro. The feeling I had knowing I can do him as both was satisfying.

I hope blizzard would make more bosses like this, and perhaps more solo scenarios for ALL.

It took me 40 tries but downed it without outside info. Every wipe I learned something or optimized a facet of the fight.
I've cursed and despaired during those tries over 2 evenings but eventually killing it... best feeling of personal accomplishment I've had in WoW.

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Originally Posted by Teye

Had loads of fun doing it. Looking forward to doing it on my GF's casual Warlock when she gets a book of her own.

uhh listen..that devalues the entire warlock community bub. Let her get her own green fire, unless you don't think she can? And if she can't, she shouldn't.
Seriously, don't.
like, at all.
I know...it SEEMS innocent, but green fire is a measure of skill at this point. It's a calling card that says 'hey, I can totally follow the mechanics' Don't fuck that up for us please. Besides, when you do it for her, you are sending her the message that she isn't capable.

OT: He's tough, with a bit of luck either going for you or against. It's a bitch to do, but it feels really good when you get it.

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Proof that the mmochamp community can be a bitter and lonely place. What a shame.

It's just a brutal consistency check and hardly any skills required. Also it kept bugging on me all the time which led to some serious rage (imps spawning all over the platform, dogs ignoring me having full set of dots on them and bee-lining straight behind the pillar for the pit... etc.)

I wish it was also of any use for affliction locks... Apart from Imp's dispel there is no fel fire spell we use... No FoS feels like a huge oversight, too.

Interesting comment, I'm not enamoured, at all, by the proliferation of solo content. It drags me away from friends and feel kinda bad when someone is struggling with something and I can't help them.

Same, I prefer what they did with the rares on TI, where the mobs just grow in health to compensate for more people present. That way you can at least jump in and help someone instead of having to tell someone that doesn't play much, or is low geared they're shit out of luck and will need to spend weeks gearing up before they can tackle something.

There's a place for specific solo content though, like Brawler's Guild, but it should be contained in a few niche spots.